Dallas Mavericks guard Raymond Felton has been suspended for four games as punishment for his guilty plea of attempted criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm, the NBA announced.
Felton, formerly of the New York Knicks, was found to be in violation of the law of State of New York, a city with some of the most stringent gun laws in the country.
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The Mavericks guard will start his suspension in the first game of the 2014-15 NBA season.
Felton entered a guilty plea as part of a deal that guaranteed he would not receive jail time or probation. Upon entering the plea, Felton was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
The gun charge arose amid problems in Felton's marriage. About a week after his ex-wife, Arianne, had her attorney take a loaded semi-automatic handgun to a police precinct and said it was Felton's and she wanted it out of the house.
This happened while Felton played in a game at Madison Square Garden. Once the game ended, he turned himself in to police.